Modeling of 2008 Kasatochi volcanic sulfate direct radiative forcing: Assimilation of OMI SO2 plume height data and comparison with MODIS and CALIOP observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1895-1912

  Wang, J ^a   Park, S ^a   Zeng, J ^a   Ge, C ^a,f   Yang, K ^b,d   Carn, S ^c   Krotkov, N ^d   Omar, A H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOES; MODELING; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; KASATOCHI ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875725791     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-1895-2013     Document Type: Article

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